There is a great deal of user interaction on Tom's sites. They boast some 38 million unique page views a month from dozens of countries all over the earth. The folks dedicated to building systems, learning about the newest gear on the market, purchasing for companies and corporations, and testing the limits of computing all gather on Tom's site to talk shop, give advice/opinions/ideas/experiences/help, to troubleshoot, and to answer questions. When a new peice of gear comes out (say a new processor or graphics card), the management and staff of Tom's get advance releases so they can run them through a battery of tests. They write articles that are avidly consumed by the many fans and interested readers of tech news. This then sparks the conversation and the community is off to the races, weighing in on this gear and how it will affect gaming and computing for all. Once the gear hits the market, users post and respond with their many questions about how to use it, install it, modify it, and combine it. The questions and answers fly fast and furious and everyone has a voice to give their opinion of how it all works. Certainly some posters have been around longer and are more esteemed than others. There is also a good bit of good-natured ribbing and kidding on the site. When someone asks an off the wall question or something deemed too basic, others are quick to jump in and poke fun at the user. None of this seems ugly or mean, and the moderators are always there to tone things down if need be.
